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Don't call them geeks!
veni bibi saltavi
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Oh I don't know, I wouldn't want to be called a nerd either.
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The reason IT has developed so quickly and been so beneficial to so many is largely because if the open-handed generosity that many developers have when it comes to sharing knowledge.
It's one of the things I really value about the developer community - the willingness to share knowledge and help others for nothing.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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 I concur. As the lone programmer in a business with over 500 staff members, I could not do my job half as well without the very valuable and free advice of our Code Project community. ![Java | [Coffee]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/coffee.gif)
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Lord, grant me the serenity to accept that there are some things I just can’t keep up with, the determination to keep up with the things I must keep up with, and the wisdom to find a good RSS feed from someone who keeps up with what I’d like to, but just don’t have the damn bandwidth to handle right now.
© 2009, Rex Hammock
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But, but, but.... yeah I guess. We are cheap bunch any way.
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That wouldn't make the advice more valuable, just give it a higher price.
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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Leng Vang wrote: Doctors and lawyers charge you pretty coins for every advice they give.
Not if you live in a civilised country.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Try telling it "F*** You!"
It saved itself from getting slung through the window.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Not tempting enough to buy an iPad, just to tell it F* You...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Ah, Glasshopper, if you write reviews, you get freebies.
I bet they wished they'd looked at my review before giving me the freebie.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mark_Wallace wrote: if you write reviews
Where are they published, I'd be interested to read them.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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I don't do much of that kind of thing, because I don't like dealing with marketing morons (and my calling them that at every opportunity kinda dissuades them from asking me).
I got paid extra for that one, though, in return for a promise not to publish it elsewhere 
I can bitch about the itoy as much as I like as "just a guy on the Interwebs", but I can't make the same statements in a formal publication.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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What did it do? I can't find anything on t'interweb, but that's probably more a reflection of my google-fu than anything else...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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It replied, in a polite but vaguely hurt-sounding tone, "Hey, l don't think l deserve that".
Gave me the biggest laugh I've had all week.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mark_Wallace wrote: Try telling it "F*** You!"
Well, did it? F*** you? 
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When I tried googling this subject - to find out what telling it to would do, you understand - it became rather obvious that yes, yes it could...
Apparently you can hook something called a "fleshlight" - which I assume is not a simple one letter substitution - to your iPad and download some app or other. It's times like this that make me glad I don't own any iProducts, and clearly confirms the general view of hipsters that do.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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TMI, I could have done without reading that at 8am.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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I'm not responsible for your quaint local timezones!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Every time I picked the f***ing thing up!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Hi Mark,
Haven't seen you here in a while. Welcome back!
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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Cheers, m'dear.
I've been off working* on a heavy project, that I promised to write twenty-odd years ago. Social niceties tend to go by the wayside, when you have to keep your head on another planet.
* Translation: 80% goofing off, 20% working
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Are you talking about Siri?
Recently my 8 year-old had a Personal Geography Homework assignment where he had to come up with facts about every city he had lived in or visited. His 1st question was
"Can you tell me about Portsmouth please"
Siri replied
"You want to know about Horse Fleas?"
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Jeeze, I didn't realise that Siri was that knowledgeable!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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In this morning's email, I received a missive[^] from Microsoft lauding the accomplishments of female inventors. To say the least, they missed a few. They mentioned ![Rose | [Rose]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif) Ada Lovelace[^] , but missed others who are key to our industry  :
You can find out more here[^]
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Lord, grant me the serenity to accept that there are some things I just can’t keep up with, the determination to keep up with the things I must keep up with, and the wisdom to find a good RSS feed from someone who keeps up with what I’d like to, but just don’t have the damn bandwidth to handle right now.
© 2009, Rex Hammock
modified 8-Mar-16 11:38am.
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